When I started this project, I didn't expect so many insightful responses. I have learned a great deal about how people approach writing. I have also learned more about my reasons for writing and communicating. Now that I have collected the first batch of respondents' answers, I will post my own, in three different posts.
Question 1. Why do I write?
I write because I want to communicate, and as much as the world has become more technological, more visual, more "Multi", the world has also become more reliant on written communication. More blogs. More Listservs. More e-mail. More word processing. More writing.
So, if I wanted to join the global discussion, I first had to learn how to write, even if I didn't consider myself a writer.
There are many ways to communicate. Some people prefer talking. Some prefer using visual media. Some prefer dancing or singing. Some prefer writing. In some ways, I consider these different languages, and I live in a country where writing is the primary language. If I lived in a different country for forty years, I would probably learn their language, but English would always be my first language.
I may never understand my advantage of being a native English speaker and living in the United States, and good writers may never understand their advantage communicating with those of us who struggle at writing. Life is like one big English class. Good writers are continually rewarded. For those educators reading, you may have also seen how schools insist that we now "write across the curriculum." Why? Why don't we "art across the curriculum?" Why don't we "speak across the curriculum?"
or dance?
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